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H.M. The Queen at Garden Party, Buckingham Palace, June 1897

H.M. The Queen at Garden Party, Buckingham Palace, June 1897

Queen Victoria arrives for a garden party at Buckingham Palace following her Diamond Jubilee

Any excuse for a party. A week after the events of Jubilee Day marking the Queen's 60th year on the throne, guests gather at Buckingham Palace to continue the celebrations. Lord Salisbury - the last Prime Minister chosen from the House of Lords - is also filmed greeting some of the privileged invitees. The events took place on 28 June 1897, and the cameraman is believed to be the Polish-born Adolphe Langfier.

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Pomp and Circumstance

Parades, processions and royal visits were a great draw for early filmmakers - not only did they guarantee spectacle but their fixed place in the calendar allowed for planning ahead. Even minor royals commanded endless fascination, while the Queen herself was the greatest celebrity of all.

Even fleeting images of Victoria were hot property and her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 was the grandest event of the era, attracting the biggest assembly of the global film industry to date. Footage from the day played across the Empire and well beyond.

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The Victorian great and good mark the passing of a political titan

Gladstone's Funeral

  • 1898
The crowds stand silent as the nation says goodbye to Queen Victoria in February 1901.

Funeral of Queen Victoria (1901)

  • Hyde Park
  • 1901
Crowds gather outside theTown Hall to hear the town crier's royal announcement.

Royal Proclamation of Death of Queen Victoria, Blackburn (1901)

  • Blackburn
  • 1901

The Queen at Sheffield

  • Sheffield
  • 1897
Unusually detailed shots of the Jubilee procession

Queen Victoria's Jubilee

  • 1897
Carriages full of well-heeled guests continue in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession, filmed for RW Paul.

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - Paul - York Road - Front of Procession

  • 1897
The head of the colonial procession and the Horse Guards approach Westminster Bridge during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - Paul - York Road - Leaders and Life Guards

  • 1897
The Band of the First Life Guards approaches Westminster Bridge during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - Paul - York Road - Bands

  • London
  • 1897
Images from the first leg of the solemn procession

Funeral of Queen Victoria: Funeral Procession at Cowes

  • Cowes
  • 1901
As the coffin arrives in the capital, the spectacle of the State Funeral starts to gear up

Funeral of Queen Victoria: Procession Starting from Victoria Station

  • Victoria Sta
  • 1901
Victoria's funeral procession passes through central London, drawing well-dressed crowds

Funeral of Queen Victoria: The Marble Arch

  • Green Park
  • 1901
The birth of a new royal tradition

Funeral of Queen Victoria: The Procession passing into Windsor Park

  • Windsor Great Park
  • 1901
The funeral procession approaches Paddington

Queen Victoria's Funeral: Soldiers Manoeuvre in Square

  • 1901
The Edwardian era kicks off with the proclamation of the new King.

Proclamation of King Edward VII, Market Place, Accrington (1901)

  • Accrington
  • 1901
The future George VI heads to Australia

Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert and Liner Ophir

  • 1901

Afternoon Tea in the Garden of Clarence House

  • 1897
Queen Victoria arrives for a garden party at Buckingham Palace following her Diamond Jubilee

H.M. The Queen at Garden Party, Buckingham Palace, June 1897

  • Buckingham Palace
  • 1897
After a procession in Cowes, the funeral enters its second major phase

Queen Victoria's Funeral: Ships Fire a Salute in the Solent

  • 1901
Queen Victoria and family experience the new 'cinematograph process'

Scenes at Balmoral

  • Balmoral Castle
  • 1896
In Dublin, the crowds go wild for a rare glimpse of Queen Victoria as she enters the city in spectacular style

The Late Queen's Visit to Dublin: Royal Procession Entering the City Gates

  • 1900
This camera position, in one of the raised stands right by St Paul's, will have cost RW Paul a pretty penny.

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: North 2)

  • 1897
Queen Victoria can just be made out under her umbrella in this sequence filmed in St Paul's Churchyard during her Diamond Jubilee.

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - Paul - St Paul's South - Arrival of Queen's Carriage

  • 1897
The moment preceding the arrival of the Queen's Carriage

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: South 4)

  • 1897
The head of the procession approaches Westminster Bridge

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 5)

  • 1897
The Guards and Princes arrive at St Paul's during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: North 1)

  • 1897
An impressive array of Queen Victoria's Life Guards and Royal Horse Artillery

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - Prestwich Footage

  • 1897
The Queen arriving at St Paul's

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee unidentified Lumiere film (3)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: South 3)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 3)

  • 1897
A clear view of the head of the procession at Westminster

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 1)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Unidentified (2)

  • 1897
Pomp and circumstance: crucial glimpses of the monarch's funeral, the media event of its age

Queen Victoria's Funeral - Prestwich

  • 1901

Their Majesties Entering and Leaving the Victoria Tower Entrance of the Houses of Parliament

  • 1901
A look back at history as recorded by the cinematograph

Through Three Reigns

  • 1922

Trooping the Colour

  • 1900

Diamond Jubilee Procession Taken from Apsley House

  • 1897
The Queen's coffin near the start of its long journey

Funeral Cortege Arriving at Trinity Pier

  • 1901

Gladstone's Funeral - Entering Westminster Abbey

  • 1898
A conquering Boer War hero enjoys a rapturous homecoming parade

Lord Roberts' Arrival in London

  • London
  • 1901
Royal Carriages approach Westminster Bridge

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 4)

  • 1897
The big occasion, as celebrated in a small town

Coronation Procession at St. Boswells

  • St Boswells
  • 1928

The Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

  • 1902
A soon-to-be-crowned King Edward VII waves off Prince George, en route to Australia

King Edward, Prince of Wales, and Members of the Royal Household Passing Between the Royal Yacht and the S.S. "Ophir"

The finest and most realistic Military Film ever taken!'

Charge of the 12th Lancers

  • 1897
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